One man. One hour. The guy who dropped the bomb tells all.
Acting
Ed Flanders becomes Truman—midwestern twang and all.
Direction
Petrie keeps one-man-show energy cinematic, not static.
Writing
Based on Merle Miller's oral history—raw, unfiltered presidential voice.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Flanders won an Emmy for this—beating out his own performance in another category that same year.
Released during post-Watergate cynicism, Truman's 'the buck stops here' ethos hit different—nostalgia for leaders who owned their messes.
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